Gabriel Cardoso Carrero

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Addressing the global challenges of climate change (CC), food security and poverty alleviation requires enhancing the adaptive capacity and mitigation potential of land use systems. To this end, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) aims to identify land use practices that sustainably increase productivity, enhance climate change (CC) adaptation and cont...

Proximity to roads is one of the main determinants of deforestation in the Amazon basin. Determining the construction year of roads (CYR) is critical to improve the understanding of the drivers of road construction and to enable predictions of the expansion of the road network and its consequent impact on ecosystems. While recent artificial intelli...

We estimate the magnitude of land grabbing - the illegal appropriation of public land - on an active Amazonian frontier, the associated deforestation, and the rates at which these claims were legalized due to changes in the law and downsizing of settlements. Of all land claimed in Brazil's Rural Environmental Register (CAR) in our 300,689-km² study...

Increases in the incidence or severity of hazard events significantly alter the attractiveness of tourism destinations and tourism inflow. In 2018, a significant red tide event limited access to marine and coastal areas in Florida, heavily impacting the tourist sector. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic impacts of red tides in t...

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The Amazon region has been viewed as a source of economic growth based on extractive industry and large-scale infrastructure development endeavors, such as roads, dams, oil and gas pipelines and mining. International and national policies advocating for the development of the Amazon often conflict with the environmental sector tasked with conservin...

Historical timelines are a way to focus on the drivers of system change and decision-making processes, helping us to reflect on when major policy shifts occurred and what were critical enabling and limiting factors. We present the regional timelines here, with reflection on the scale at which key events occurred, the roles of different actors in ca...

This infographic report presents the results of a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation strategies regarding infrastructure projects in the Amazon developed by the University of Florida (UF) and focused on four selected mosaics of the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon - GIA Project.

We examine deforestation processes in Apuí, a deforestation hotspot in Brazil’s state of Amazonas and present processes of land-use change on this Amazonian development frontier. Settlement projects attract agents whose clearing reflects land accumulation and the economic importance of deforestation. We used a mixed-method approach in the Rio Juma...

e-Letter Response to: Ferrante L, Fearnside PM. The Amazon's road to deforestation. Science 369(6504):634 (07 Aug 2020). DOI: 10.1126/science.abd6977. Available at: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6504/634.1/tab-e-letters

Throughout the world, Restoration of Degraded Areas (RDA) is not only a global but also a local challenge. In this context, the Brazilian government committed itself to restore 12 million hectares of forests by 2030. RDA monitoring customarily depends on extensive fieldwork to collect data on all individuals planted. As Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (...

This report presents the results of a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation strategies with regard to infrastructure projects in selected areas of the Amazon. Good governance of infrastructure requires addressing power inequalities that characterize business-as-usual infrastructure planning and implementation. While there is e...

Estima a área afetada pelo fogo em áreas agropecuárias, florestais e de campina entre os anos de 2015 a 2019. Utiliza sensoriamento remoto para a análise de Taxa Normalizada de Queima (NBR) comparando imagens antes e depois da temporada de queimadas.

Dada a importância estratégica do território onde a rodovia está localizada, é fundamental um profundo conhecimento dos aspectos ambientais, sociais e econômicos dos municípios sob influência da BR-319, que podem ser diretamente impactados pela sua pavimentação. Desse modo, o estudo apresenta o perfil ambiental e socioeconômico e uma análise da din...

Agriculture in Brazil is booming. Brazil has the world’s second largest cattle herd and is the second largest producer of soybeans, with the production of beef, soybeans, and bioethanol forecast to increase further. Questions remain, however, about how Brazil can reconcile increases in agricultural production with protection of its remaining natura...

Agriculture in Brazil is booming. Brazil has the world’s second largest cattle herd and is the second largest producer of soybeans, with the production of beef, soybeans, and bioethanol forecast to increase further. Questions remain, however, about how Brazil can reconcile increases in agricultural production with protection of its remaining natura...

Este estudo traz uma análise aprofundada dos resultados dos Sistemas Silvipastoris com Pastejo Rotacional (SSPR) para pecuária leiteira, com base nas áreas implantadas pelo Idesam no Sul do Amazonas. O objetivo é fornecer indicadores técnicos e financeiros para subsidiar a criação de políticas públicas e a implantação da pecuária sustentável em peq...

Agriculture in Brazil is booming. Brazil has the world’s second largest cattle herd and is the second largest producer of soybeans, with the production of beef, soybeans, and bioethanol forecast to increase further. Questions remain, however, about how Brazil can reconcile increases in agricultural production with protection of its remaining natura...

A pecuária convencional praticada na Amazônia resulta num ciclo vicioso de desmatamento, pastoreio extensivo, degradação e migração da pecuária. A adoção de sistemas silvipastoris com pastejo rotacional visa reverter a degradação ambiental, contribuindo para manter a fertilidade do solo, a ciclagem de nutrientes e a biodiversidade sem depender de i...

Este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de aplicar conceitos e teorias do conhecimento científico documentado, aliados aos conhecimentos práticos, para desenvolver estratégias de restauração florestal. Ao definir estas estratégias buscamos focar naquelas que tem a maior possiblidade de sucesso quando aplicadas ao contexto do sul do Amazonas. É imp...

This technical note portrays the beef cattle supply chain in the Legal Amazon region, reminding of its economic importance, as well as its contribution to the land use changing dynamics in the region. Between 1990 and 2015, the cattle herd in the region more than tripled, from 26 to 81 Million heads. Expansion of pastures is responsible for up to 8...

Agroforestry systems (SAFs) features in Amazonia are presented, focusing on coffee production in Apuí (AM). Diversified SAFs strengthen socio-environmental resilience providing less dependence on external inputs. They also generate family income and contribute to climate change mitigation. Allied to the social organization for the commercialization...

Este livro apresenta a cadeia produtiva de carne no estado do Amazonas; processos e atores-chave envolvidos nos diferentes elos no estado do Amazonas. O estado do Amazonas, apesar de não contar com um rebanho muito representativo em termos absolutos, tem apresentado elevadas taxas de crescimento na última década. O sul do Amazonas se apresenta como...

Resumo Este trabalho apresenta os resultados preliminares após 214 dias de implantação e adaptação de um módulo de sistemas sil-vipastoris intensivos (SSPI) em Apuí, Amazonas, Brasil. O SSPI compreende 4,4 hectares dividido em 22 piquetes com 9 linhas com 403 árvores madeiráveis e leguminosas. Os resultados preliminares mostram que este sistema com...

Resumo Este é um artigo preliminar que avalia a sobrevivência e crescimento de 25 espécies de árvores após 8 meses de plantio em pastagens convertidas visando o estabelecimento de sistemas silvipastoris intensivos na Amazônia brasileira com intuito de aumentar a renda de produtores rurais e a resiliência dos agroecossistemas. De 1097 plantas de 25...

The objective of this study was to analyze the economic feasibility of semi-intensive rotational grazing and to discuss it as a potential alternative for the reduction of deforestation and the improvement of income of rural properties in the municipality of Apuí, southern Amazonas. The semi-intensive management systems implemented by Idesam in the...

Este guia tem como objetivo maior estabelecer relações de aproximação entre a comunidade rural, especificamente do sul do Amazonas, e o conhecimento acerca das espécies de interesse econômico e ecológico da flora local, no sentido de promover a coleta, o cultivo e a utilização das espécies arbóreas amazônicas.

Interactions of indigenous peoples with the surrounding non-indigenous society are often the main sources of social and environmental changes in indigenous lands. In the case of the Suruí in Brazilian Amazonia’s “arc of deforestation,” these influences are leading to deforestation and logging that threaten both the forest and the sustainability of...

Climate change mitigation mechanisms related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) may provide significant opportunities for re-arranging political networks and overcome forest governance problems, of which land tenure is the main constraint for REDD and reforestation projects in the Amazon. We present a case study...

Este documento apresenta os resultados do projeto “REDD+: oportunidades para o Sul do Amazonas”, estudo que foi conduzido pelo Idesam entre 2008 e 2009 e que contou com o apoio da Fundação Bluemoon, do Governo do Estado do Amazonas, por meio do Centro Estadual de Mudanças Climáticas (CECLIMA), e do Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM)...

We present a local-scale case study in the Rio Juma Settlement Project (RJSP) in Apuí, a deforestation hotspot in the southern portion of Brazil's state of Amazonas. We analyze land accumulation and land use strategies of households with a view to elucidating how their strategies are shaping deforestation. More than 76% of the household sample was...

The article examines the impacts of paving highway BR-319, which connects two of the largest state capitals in the Brazilian Amazon. In recent years, the construction of highways has been the biggest driver of deforestation in the region. As currently planned, BR- 319 will run through the middle of the largest contiguous area of intact forest in Br...